Pan-closet cabinet



G. E. KlNCH.

PAN CLOSET CABINET APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2s, 1.911.

Patented June 15, 1920.

, FGA- \nva'nror UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- Application filed March28, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known .that I, Gnonon EDWARD liincin subject of'the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at The 'loplars, (dub rindi. New South Wales, Australia, have in vented certain new and useful Improve ments in Pan-Closet Cabinets, ofwhich the following is a spec-ification.

This invention relates to pan close-t cab inets with lift-up seats, and consists in means for effecting closure and opening of the seat lid automatically and holding said lid inopen position while the cabinet is in use.

The cabinet comprises an open top casing preferably constructed of sheet metal, a seat mounted with hinges thereon, a counterbalanced folding lid mounted onthe seat, a footboard. carried on levers fulcrumed on the casing and mechanically connected with said lid and a movable sill on the front edge of the seat mechanically connected with said footboard. The casing is open below and is fitted with grip for holding the pan in a fixed position.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side-elevation of the cabinet as it ap pears when closed; Fig. 2 a side elevation of the same as it appears when the seat is V lifted; Fig. 3 a longitudinal vertical section of the same with thes'eat closed and the seat lid raised; and Fig. 4 a perspective view corresponding with Fig. 1.

The case 1 is constructed of sheet metal with wire roll top edges; it is open bottomed and open topped and is fitted with pan holding springs 2 and a ventilator connection 3 at rear side. The seat panel 4; covers the case and is hinged thereto as shown at 5, so that it may be lifted up as shown in 2 to facilitate removal and insertion of the pan. 6 are frame battens which brace the seat and offer support at their forward extremities for the sill bar 7 which is piv' otally mounted by side lugs 8 to the seatpanel 1 so that it may swing upward as shown in Figs. 1 to -l. The lid 9 is fixed on a back batten 10 which is hinged at 11 to a frame batten 12 fixed across the back of the seat panel at. The lid 9 is counterbalanced by weights 13 hung on rearwardly projecting arms 14 which are screwed to the ends of the lid batten 10. A rocking footboard 15 across the front of the case is carried on rock levers 16 which are fulcrumed to said case at 17/ The rear ends of these Specification of Letters Patent.

to close the upper part a ventilator and a spring 15, acting. through Patented June 15, 1920. Serial No. 158,126. I 1

rock levers are connected by links 18 to 7 lugs 19 on the lid batten 10. 21 are push rods freely slidable in guides 22 fixed on the front'of the case 1. The lower ends of the rods 21 are loosely connected to the inner edge of the footboard 15, and their upper ends. contact with the underside of the sill 7, and they'operate to cant up the sill 7 when the lid 9 is closed and the foot-- board 15-isin the raised position shown inFigs. l, and The weight of the lid 9 18 and levers 16 in the litlSGd position.

acting through the links holds the footboard I The weight; of a person resting on the sill 7, acting through the push rods 21, forces and thereby rocks: the

the footboard down levers l6 and by means of the link 18 holds the lid 9 in the raised position as shownin Fig. 3. 23 is an apron piece fixed below the front edge of the seatpanel, serving of the case front. The ends of thebatten 10 act as stops for the links 18 and so prevent the lid 9 being forced too far backward when opened.

'The seat may be swung open upwardly uponits hinges 5, thus fully opening the top of the casel as shown in Fig. 2. hen the seat is down on the ease, the weight of a person standing or resting on the footboard the levers 16' and links 18, lifts the lid9, asshown in F 2. Veight resting on the sill 7 acting through the push rods 21 holds the footboard 15 down, and so maintains the lid in the fully open position as shown in F ig. 3. Upon release of weight and pressure from the footoards 15 and sill 7, the lidcloses by gravity (see Fig. at) the counterweights 13 preventing slamming and insuring silent closing.

hat I claim as my to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination with a pan closet cabinet having a seat and a hinged seat lid, of a member pivotally mounted at the front edge of said sion of said member for positively raising said lid. and battens secured to said seat serving both to brace the same and to firmly support the )ivoted member in depressed position. p I

2. The combination with a pan closet cabinet of a seat hingedly connected to said cabinet, a seat lid hingedly connected to said seat, rods slidably mounted at the front'of the cabinet. a member pivotally said seat at the front edge thereof, said invention and desire seat, means operated by depres carried by member being unconnected to said rods but positioned in operable relation to the upper ends thereof by movement of the seat into normal lowered position, levers operated by the lower ends of said rods when depressed by said member, and connections between said levers and the seat lid for opening the latter.

3. A pan closet consisting of a case open at the top, a seat panel hinged to the back of saidcase andadapted to fold down there on, frame battens mounted on the underside of said panel and bracing the same, the forward ends of said battens projecting beyond the end of said seat, a gravity closed lid hinged at its rear end to the rear part of said seat, a canting sill hinged to the front of said seat and supported in its operative position by said forward projections of said battens, a canting footboard, levers carrying said footboard and fulcrumed on the side of said case, press rods between said sill and said footboard adapted to de press the footboard when the sill is clepressed, and link connections between said levers vand said lid.

at. A pan closet consisting of a case open at the top, a seat panel hinged to the back of said case and adapted to fold down thereon, frame battens mounted on the underside of said panel and bracing the same, the forward ends of said battens projectin beyond the end of said seat, .a gravity closed lid hinged at its rear end to the rear part of said seat, rearwardly projecting arms on said lid, counterbalancing weights suspended from said arms, a canting sill hinged to the front of said seat and supported in its operative position by said forward projections of said battens a canting footboard,

levers carrying said footboard and fulcrumed on the side of said case, press rods between said sill and said footboard adapted to depress the footboard when the sill is depressed, and link connections between said levers and said lid.

5. The combination with a pan closet cabinet of a seat hingedly connected to said cabinet, a seat lid hingedly connected to said seat a pivotally mounted member at the lower front part-of thecabinet, means operated by said member for raising the seat lid, means niovably mounted'at the front of the cabinet and arranged when moved to operate the first named .means,and a member pivotally mounted i uiponzth'e seat and ,arranged to be positionedein operative relation to the second named means by movement of the seat into normal lowered position.

6. The combination with a pan closet cabinet ofa seat :hingedly connect-ed thereto, a seat lid hingedly connected to said seat, a member pivotally mounted at the lower front part of the cabinet,:means operable by said member for positively raising the seat lid, means movably mounted at the front part of the cabinet, arranged when mored to operate said pivoted member, anda second pivoted member mounted on the seat at the front edge thereofzandiarranged tobe positioned in operative relation :to the second named means by movement of the seat into normal lowered position.

In testimony whereof I have :affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE EDVARD KINCH.

Vitnesses:

\ViLLIAM PoLLooK, A. Score 

